Lebanese Immigrant Helped Fund
Hezbollah With Smuggling Profits

A Lebanese immigrant was found guilty of helping to fund the militant group Hezbollah with profits from a multimillion-dollar cigarette-smuggling operation run from North Carolina.

A federal jury in Charlotte convicted Mohamad Hammoud, 28-years old, on charges he had provided "material support" to Hezbollah, which the U.S. has branded as a terrorist organization. Mr. Hammoud and his brother were also found guilty of cigarette smuggling, racketeering and money laundering.